Posts By Helen Archer
BBC Three TV review: Just One Night
September 25, 2020 | Helen ArcherThis high concept, almost anti-dating show, posits the question of whether you’d leave your partner after spending ‘just one night’ with the person of your dreams, almost as though the Ashley Madison dating website has come to life. Bonnie and … Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: I’ll Be Gone in the Dark
September 22, 2020 | Helen ArcherHBO’s moving Michelle McNamara documentary is a humane examination of the long-lasting nature of trauma.Read More
Why you should be watching Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens
September 19, 2020 | Helen ArcherSeason 3 premieres on 9th July 2024. This mini review is based on Season 1 and was originally published as part of a BBC Three reviews column.
Rising star Awkwafina (real name Nora Lum) plays Nora Lin, a fictionalised … Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: Outcry
September 8, 2020 | Helen ArcherThis tough-to-watch documentary is a reminder that wrongful conviction can happen to anyone.Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: Dirty John Season 2
August 25, 2020 | Helen ArcherAmanda Peet is fantastic in this study of the murderous effect that power imbalances can have.Read More
Why Good Trouble should be your next box set
August 23, 2020 | Helen ArcherThis sharply written, gorgeously made spin-off from The Fosters will have you hooked whether you’ve seen the original or not.Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: Mommy Dead and Dearest
August 11, 2020 | Helen ArcherThis thoughtful documentary about Gypsy Rose Blanchard raises lingering questions about manipulation, control and the legacy of abuse.Read More
First look UK TV review: Motherland: Fort Salem
August 2, 2020 | Helen ArcherSeason 3 premieres on 30th October 2022. This review is based on Season 1.
This new series has a lot to recommend it. Created by Eliot Laurence, the premise is beguiling, incorporating all the elements for what should be a … Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: Ted Bundy: Falling for a Killer
July 28, 2020 | Helen ArcherThis pertinent Ted Bundy series puts the lives of the women he stole front and centre.Read More
Fighting the Power: Britain After George Floyd: A sympathetic, informative documentary
July 22, 2020 | Helen ArcherThis sympathetic and informative documentary takes us behind the scenes of the UK’s Black Lives Matter protests which took place over the course of the summer, following the death of George Floyd at the hands of the police in Minneapolis … Read More















